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Parents of Reserve Major Nirel Zini Plead for Help Finding His Missing Head
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First reported by Ynet · Jun 23, 2026
What happened
The parents of Reserve Major Nirel Zini said they discovered after his funeral that he had been beheaded in the Kfar Aza massacre and that his head is still missing. They have appealed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for help in finding it.
- 01Zini was killed in the Kfar Aza massacre.
- 02His parents learned after the funeral that he was beheaded.
- 03The head has not been found.
- 04The family appealed directly to Benjamin Netanyahu.
- 05They said, “Nirel's head will not be abandoned.”
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